0 using only a few words to say something -- lakonisk
a laconic response.
Not very, would be the laconic reply for the majority of the population and, comparatively, the grass has become no more verdant since.
In general the older the contract, the more laconic were the specifications.
He considers the point as the most laconic, ephemeral form, which is characterised by excessive immobility.
This is too laconic without a great deal more unpacking and exemplification.
However, a closer look reveals that this seemingly self-confident fourth is in fact a 'snail': the expression of the poem's underlying idea by a single, laconic symbol.
The voices of the poor are not easy to hear, although occasionally their presence can be felt behind the rather laconic entries in overseers' accounts or vestry records.
Perhaps this is the calm of the asylum (the laconic programme note isn't giving much away): certainly the piece has a fascinating air of eccentric studiousness.
I regret to say that there is no feeling of laconic reticence in those who arc about to die.
